Shastra Panchangam

Visakhapatnam, Saturday, 4 December 2027

Saturday 4 December 2027

Rahu Kalam9:00 am – 10:24 am
Yamagandam1:11 pm – 2:34 pm
Gulikai6:13 am – 7:36 am
TithiShukla Shashti until 6:57 pm

Sunrise 6:13 am, sunset 5:21 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Saturday until sunrise on Sunday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Shashti

until 6:57 pm

The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.

Nakshatra · Dhanishta

until 8:42 am Sunday

The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.

Yoga · Vyaghata

until 5:17 am Sunday

Worked out from the Sun's and Moon's positions added together. It is read with the tithi, nakshatra and karana when a muhurta is chosen.

Karana · Taitila

until 6:57 pm

Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.

No Bhadra Karanam between this sunrise and the next.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

9:00 am – 10:24 am

Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.

Yamagandam

1:11 pm – 2:34 pm

Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.

Gulikai

6:13 am – 7:36 am

Avoided for new beginnings in most households.

Choghadiya

The day and the night each have eight choghadiyas. The names repeat in a cycle of seven, starting from a different name each weekday; on a Saturday the day starts with Kaal.

Day
6:13 am – 7:36 amKaalavoid
7:36 am – 9:00 amShubhgood
9:00 am – 10:24 amRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
10:24 am – 11:47 amUdvegavoid
11:47 am – 1:11 pmCharneutral
1:11 pm – 2:34 pmLabhgood
2:34 pm – 3:58 pmAmritgood
3:58 pm – 5:21 pmKaalavoid
Night
5:21 pm – 6:58 pmLabhgood
6:58 pm – 8:34 pmUdvegavoid
8:34 pm – 10:11 pmShubhgood
10:11 pm – 11:47 pmAmritgood
11:47 pm – 1:24 amCharneutral
1:24 am – 3:00 amRogavoid
3:00 am – 4:37 amKaalavoid
4:37 am – 6:13 amLabhgood

Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good for beginnings; Char suits a journey. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided for starting something new.

Abhijit Muhurta

11:25 am – 12:09 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 10:56 am, moonset 10:36 pm.

Hora

Twelve horas from sunrise to sunset and twelve from sunset to the next sunrise, each ruled by a planet. The first hora of the day belongs to the weekday's own planet: Saturn on a Saturday.

6:13 am – 7:09 amSaturn
7:09 am – 8:04 amJupiter
8:04 am – 9:00 amMars
9:00 am – 9:56 amSun
9:56 am – 10:51 amVenus
10:51 am – 11:47 amMercury
11:47 am – 12:43 pmMoon
12:43 pm – 1:38 pmSaturn
1:38 pm – 2:34 pmJupiter
2:34 pm – 3:30 pmMars
3:30 pm – 4:26 pmSun
4:26 pm – 5:21 pmVenus
5:21 pm – 6:26 pmMercury
6:26 pm – 7:30 pmMoon
7:30 pm – 8:34 pmSaturn
8:34 pm – 9:39 pmJupiter
9:39 pm – 10:43 pmMars
10:43 pm – 11:47 pmSun
11:47 pm – 12:52 amVenus
12:52 am – 1:56 amMercury
1:56 am – 3:00 amMoon
3:00 am – 4:05 amSaturn
4:05 am – 5:09 amJupiter
5:09 am – 6:13 amMars

About this day

Daylight lasts 11 hours and 8 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 84 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: tithi and karana at 6:57 pm, yoga at 5:17 am Sunday. The nakshatra runs on past the next sunrise, until 8:42 am Sunday.

On a Saturday, Rahu Kalam is the third of the eight parts of daylight, from 9:00 am in Visakhapatnam.

Questions

What is the tithi in Visakhapatnam on 4 December 2027?

Shukla Shashti, until 6:57 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:13 am in Visakhapatnam).

When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 4 December 2027?

9:00 am to 10:24 am, the third of the eight parts of daylight on a Saturday. Yamagandam runs 1:11 pm to 2:34 pm and Gulikai 6:13 am to 7:36 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Visakhapatnam on 4 December 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 7:36 am to 9:00 am, Labh 1:11 pm to 2:34 pm, Amrit 2:34 pm to 3:58 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:25 am to 12:09 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Visakhapatnam on 4 December 2027?

Moonrise is at 10:56 am.

Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise

How this was computed
Calculated for Visakhapatnam (17.6868°N, 83.2185°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.